男友太凶猛1v1高h,大地资源在线资源免费观看 ,人妻少妇精品视频二区,极度sm残忍bdsm变态

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語(yǔ)Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Americas

US consumer sentiment falls to decade low amid Delta variant concerns

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-08-14 11:00
Share
Share - WeChat
Customers wearing mask are seen at a shopping mall in San Mateo, California, the United States, Aug. 4, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

WASHINGTON -- US consumer sentiment in early August fell to its lowest level in a decade amid concerns over the spread of the Delta variant, according to a survey released by the University of Michigan on Friday.

The preliminary consumer sentiment index fell to 70.2 in the first half of August from a final reading of 81.2 in July, marking the lowest level since 2011, the survey showed.

"Consumers reported a stunning loss of confidence in the first half of August," Richard Curtin, chief economist for the survey, said in a statement, adding the losses were widespread across income, age, and education subgroups and observed across all regions.

"There is little doubt that the pandemic's resurgence due to the Delta variant has been met with a mixture of reason and emotion," Curtin said.

"Consumers have correctly reasoned that the economy's performance will be diminished over the next several months, but the extraordinary surge in negative economic assessments also reflects an emotional response, mainly from dashed hopes that the pandemic would soon end," he added.

The fall in consumer sentiment came as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths are rising at a record level across the country.

"Now over 90 percent of counties in the United States are experiencing substantial or high transmission," US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said Thursday at a briefing.

"As we've been saying by far, those at highest risk remain people who have not yet been vaccinated," she said.

As of Thursday, 50.4 percent of the US population were fully vaccinated, according to CDC data.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 棋牌| 洞口县| 焉耆| 来宾市| 平顶山市| 光泽县| 南漳县| 长治县| 定远县| 阿拉善盟| 商水县| 小金县| 迁安市| 连平县| 弥渡县| 冀州市| 大名县| 务川| 安徽省| 南部县| 南澳县| 米泉市| 大埔区| 微山县| 关岭| 西乌珠穆沁旗| 思茅市| 长汀县| 昌黎县| 保靖县| 德兴市| 柏乡县| 全州县| 通化市| 大荔县| 南安市| 梁河县| 霍林郭勒市| 阿克陶县| 旌德县| 江陵县|